7.5

CVE-2013-7422: apple mac_os_x Numeric Errors

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2013-7422DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7422
Published 16-08-2015Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-7422 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Numeric Errors vulnerability in apple mac_os_x. EPSS estimates a 3.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.04%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-2916-1

Timeline

  1. 16-08-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Integer underflow in regcomp.c in Perl before 5.20, as used in Apple OS X before 10.10.5 and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long digit string associated with an invalid backreference within a regular expression.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.04%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.04% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
3.04%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Apple1 product
Debian1 product
  • perl< 5.20.0-1
Perl1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • perl< 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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